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Book of Jasher 71



Book of Jasher 71

Chapter 71

 

1.                 
And when Moses was eighteen years
old, he desired to see his father and mother and he went to them to
Goshen, and when
Moses had come near
Goshen, he came to
the place where the children of
Israel were engaged
in work, and he observed their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian smiting one of
his Hebrew brethren.

2.                 
And when the man who was beaten saw
Moses he ran to him for help, for the man Moses was greatly respected in the
house of Pharaoh, and he said to him, My lord attend to me, this Egyptian came
to my house in the night, bound me, and came to my wife in my presence, and now
he seeks to take my life away.

3.                 
And when Moses heard this wicked
thing, his anger was kindled against the Egyptian, and he turned this way and
the other, and when he saw there was no man there he smote the Egyptian and hid
him in the sand, and delivered the Hebrew from the hand of him that smote him.

4.                 
And the Hebrew went to his house, and
Moses returned to his home, and went forth and came back to the king’s house.

5.                 
And when the man had returned home,
he thought of repudiating his wife, for it was not right in the house of Jacob,
for any man to come to his wife after she had been defiled.

6.                 
And the woman went and told her
brothers, and the woman’s brothers sought to slay him, and he fled to his house
and escaped.

7.                 
And on the second day Moses went
forth to his brethren, and saw, and behold two men were quarreling, and he said
to the wicked one, Why dost thou smite thy neighbor?

8.                 
And he answered him and said to him,
Who has set thee for a prince and judge over us? dost thou think to slay me as
thou didst slay the Egyptian? and Moses was afraid and he said, Surely the
thing is known?

9.                 
And Pharaoh heard of this affair, and
he ordered Moses to be slain, so God sent his angel, and he appeared unto
Pharaoh in the likeness of a captain of the guard.

10.            
And the angel of the Lord took the
sword from the hand of the captain of the guard, and took his head off with it,
for the likeness of the captain of the guard was turned into the likeness of
Moses.

11.            
And the angel of the Lord took hold
of the right hand of Moses, and brought him forth from
Egypt, and placed
him from without the borders of
Egypt, a distance
of forty days’ journey.

12.            
And Aaron his brother alone remained
in the
land of Egypt, and he
prophesied to the children of
Israel, saying,

13.            
Thus says the Lord God of your
ancestors, Throw away, each man, the abominations of his eyes, and do not
defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.

14.            
And the children of Israel rebelled and
would not hearken to Aaron at that time.

15.            
And the Lord thought to destroy them,
were it not that the Lord remembered the covenant which he had made with
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

16.            
In those days the hand of Pharaoh continued
to be severe against the children of
Israel, and he
crushed and oppressed them until the time when God sent forth his word and took
notice of them.

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